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to bring ill tidings to someone, we must look to the person, the place, and the time, and then communicate [it] with prudence, lest any harm should occur. 7. In company, we ought not to contradict such words as appear false to us. For example, if someone relateth a new and unheard-of thing, though we believe not nor approve that relation, yet it is not fitting to speak against [it]. For there be many things which seem not true unto us, yet it is possible that they are true. Wherefore, when diverse wonders are related in the lives of the saints, it is not pious to deem them incredible, but rather certain; for, like unto them, there be many things surpassing reason which have verily and truly come to pass, as is written in the Holy Scriptures. 8. We ought to be prudent and cautious when, in company, we desire to jest ([that is,] *shakhay*) with someone for merriment. For beforehand we must have proved and known